and what exactly does 3am smell like?
i imagine a pungent blend of
stale liquor
smoke
24-hour diner grease
sweat
breath mints
and
marker ink from a phone number hastily scrawled onto a cocktail napkin?
—
“the fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.”
-ramakrishna
my black friday shopping companion
yes, he got some stares
yes, he was loud at times
yes, his lightsaber occasionally got caught on things
no, he is not my father
but overall
he was pretty well behaved
all things considered.
—
“a study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.”
-marty allen
“i can honestly say i love getting older.
then again, i never put my glasses on before looking in the mirror.”
-cherie lunghi
i’d prefer this to the debates. at least it would be witty.
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credit:mentalfloss
for some reason
glen frey the cat not the rocker
has adopted a placemat
as his
best friend
and
constant companion
and they seem to be
very happy together.
who can account for what one sees in another?
—
“your friend is your needs answered. “
-khalil gibran
WikiLeaks shows Clinton aide touting Lafayette coneys
Amid the excerpts from closed-door speeches by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to Wall Street executives and backroom discussions of political strategy comes a shout-out about a venerable Detroit restaurant.
It’s not every day that WikiLeaks reveals something as mundane as who ate where and what. But that’s just what emerged in the latest drop Friday of hacked emails from the anti-secrecy website that releases secret and classified information.
During a Michigan stop with Clinton in March that included Detroit and Flint, Clinton’s spokesman Nick Merrill offers his take on a local eatery in an email to campaign chairman John Podesta, which were hacked by WikiLeaks.
“On a personal note, I just had two Coney Island hot dogs at the famous Lafayette Coney Island next to the hotel. I highly recommend. Bring your defibrillator, or ask to borrow one from USSS (United States Secret Service),” he writes.
He’s not alone. Detroit coneys — Lafayette or next-door rival American Coney Island — which feature wieners with beanless chili sauce, onions and mustard, have drawn fans for decades. Some who leave the area or the state pine for them. Debate rages about the virtues of both.
Lafayette’s owner wasn’t available to bask in the attention, but other fans have weighed in in the past. “There’s only one hot dog stand in Detroit and that’s Lafayette Coney Island,” said a devoted fan in a Detroit News article.
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credits: konrad maziarz (photo), detroitnews.com
just one more good reason why i wear sandals until after halloween.
Woman scares off crocodile with flip-flop in Australia
2 October 2016
A woman has scared away a salt water crocodile, which was swimming towards her and her dog, by slapping her flip-flop at it. It is thought that are at least 120 crocodiles in this stretch of the East Alligator River, in Kakadu National Park. The last fatal attack there was in 1987.
—
“life is too short to wear boring shoes.”
-author unknown
—
credits: bbcnews.com
good to know
and i will plan accordingly.
—
“i like my zombies slow and i like my zombies stupid.”
-seth grahame-smith
to do list – style a:
play with the ponies 1.
pack the cars. 2.
go to bed 3.
get in the car to go on vacation 4.
do fun things 5.
—
a major contrast in approaches
both with the same desired outcome
two grandies
each with their own
style of list
and
way of getting ready
and
organizing things
to go on a trip.
—
to do list – style b:
(loose translation):
‘go around and around in a twisty circle and get some stuff done
and not some other stuff and then hide for a while
and eat something you find outside
and then get in the car to go on vacation and do fun things.’
—
(i am more of a ‘b-list style’ of organizer. what about you – a or b?)
—
“the process and organization leading up to cooking the egg
can tell you a lot about the cook.”
-david chang
i knew it.
i was sure that i had found my tribe
with the arrival of my pre-kinders.
as a follow up to yesterday’s story
(where i discovered that i was a nelipot),
all it took was one recess
for me to find
a fellow
barefoot member
among us.
—
“each tribe has its characteristics, it is true.”
-john hanning speke
I didn't have my glasses on.... 